ALISHA MCDOUGAL

▪ Works with OUS staff and campus partners to plan, implement, and provide oversight of orientation programs and activities such as new and transfer student orientation, virtual orientation, Bison Week, and extended orientation programs

▪ Co-develop orientation related program materials (electronic and print)

▪ Provides leadership and oversight over other events, such as Career Fairs, which are primarily led by other administrative assistants in the Office of Undergraduate Studies

▪ Co-manage the orientation budget, contracts, and requisitions related to orientation programming

▪ Engage faculty, students, and stakeholders to deliver effective student success programming

▪ Work with OUS leadership, staff, and direct reports to achieve the goals and associated initiatives noted in the strategic plan

• Handled confidential information with discretion at all times.
• Coordinated office operations to ensure efficient workflow.
• Created detailed project plans for upcoming initiatives or special projects.
• Facilitated distribution of complex and sensitive information among executives to support top-tier organizational decision-making.
• Monitored deadlines for deliverables from various teams across the organization.
• Developed relationships with key internal staff members as well as external partners and customers.
• Acted as liaison between executives and other departments within the organization.
• Prepared meeting materials, including agendas, presentations, and handouts.
• Attended meetings with executives to take notes and provide assistance when needed.
• Researched and compiled information for presentations and special projects.
• Managed travel arrangements, including flights, hotels, car services, and other transportation needs.

• Organized various teams to hit operational targets and deliverables
• Builds rapport with internal and external stakeholders to handle day-to-day operations
• Developed company and site-wide initiatives to increase work camaraderie and give teams a sense of belonging and enjoyment
• Maintained company information and materials within database
• Work collaboratively with Project Management/Marketing/Research & Development teams to assimilate updates to the company’s technical data sheets
• Successfully negotiated and booked venues, transportation, hotel rooms, and food/beverage for Henry’s Board of Directors and Leadership Team meetings
• In partnership with an outside firm, wrote processes for documents to be uploaded to the company’s document management system
• Notable Achievement: For this newly created position, created process documentation for multiple undocumented processes that helped with the company's organization; wrote processes for R&D, Marketing, Customer Service, and Finance.

• Accountable for overseeing/modifying the company’s website; for employing data mining tools to develop high value prospects from web visits; and for authoring copy and assisting with the design of product literature such as the production of video shoots and photographs
• Maintained PAC’s social media strategy; established marketing and advertising strategies for specific marketing campaigns by market segment including target market forecasts, market plans, objectives, and strategies
• Created distributor sales training programs that included online meetings and various PowerPoint presentations
• Notable Achievement: Helped the company rebrand by redoing the logo, collaborating with the president on weekly marketing strategies, and creating the company's website and product catalog which previously not been updated since 1980.

• Chaired weekly meetings to strategize and achieve problem resolution throughout the company
• Synchronized with management to identify process improvements and establish best practices
• Scrutinized, reviewed, and evaluated business systems, processes, and company requirements
• Led workshops for business users; prepared/delivered presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Analyzed, delineated, and directed software development activities; guided system enhancement initiatives by conceptualizing and formulating solutions
• Notable Achievements: Built a documentation system with the Engineering team that saved the company $1M.